Marshfield's Luke Zuiker, left, puts up a shot at SPASH's Sam Hauser goes for the block during the Tigers' Wisconsin Valley Conference victory over the Panthers Tuesday night.

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The hopes of an undefeated Wisconsin Valley Conference schedule for the Stevens Point Area Senior High boys basketball team were dashed by an opportunistic Marshfield squad.

The Tigers overcame a third-quarter deficit by scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter to hand the Panthers their first Valley loss, 60-53, in front of a full house at the Marshfield Fieldhouse on Tuesday night.

"I told our guys that we have an opportunity tonight," Marshfield coach Bill Zuiker said. "Not to win the conference - SPASH is going to win it - but an opportunity to play a great opponent in front a packed house, ...